Paddenswick Road

Balancing context and performance on a tight West London site.

Hammersmith, London 

Digital rendering of a neighborhood street with row houses, some with brick facades and others with stone, under an overcast sky. Several pedestrians are walking along the sidewalk.
View of a small courtyard with brick walls, a tree with lights, and an opening to another area.

Apartments Between Park and City

Our proposal at Paddenswick Road transforms a complex site, once occupied by an electrical power station, into three new lateral apartments. Sandwiched between a terrace of houses, a car yard, a substation, and a large corner pub, the scheme carefully negotiates scale and massing to sit comfortably within its diverse surroundings.

Image of modern brick building with flat roof, large window, and a decorative sloped wall, viewed from a rooftop with cloudy sky and birds flying in the background.

By consolidating the substation into a compact footprint, we unlocked space for new residential use. The new three-storey building is designed to balance the domestic scale of the terraced housing with the grandeur of the pub corner, using generous openings, terraces, and gardens to maximise light, air, and views toward Ravenscourt Park.

Top-down view of an urban courtyard with brick buildings, a small garden area, stairs, and gated entrances.

Meeting Passive House standards, the project delivers an exceptionally low-energy building, demonstrating how urban infill sites can be both sustainable and contextually sensitive.

A modern multi-story residential building with brick and concrete facade, surrounded by trees, against a blue sky.
An illustration of a modern residential building on a hillside, surrounded by trees and greenery, with a large concrete retaining wall in the foreground.

On-Site 2024
Images by Dominika Kubicka for Jason Good